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The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-28
Chronic rheumatism Cured.


Swift's Specific cured me ofchronic
rheumatism which had troubled me
for fifteen years. ! had taken every
kind of medicine nearly that is ad.
vertised for rheumatism, but none
did me near so much good as S. s. 5.
Last spring l took about half dozen
large bottles, aud from that day
have not been troubled with rheu-
matism. My appetite was improved
by your medicine and my digestion
strengthened. s. S. S. is one of the
best blsod medicines in the world.
Yours gratefully,
J. .RATTs.
Columbia, Tenn, March 2, 's7.
Marvellous Cure Of Cancer.
My wife has been down two years
with an abscess in her side. Last
December she commenced using 5.
S. S. When she began its use she
was nothing but skeleton, had no
appetite and was feeling weak and
very miserable. To-day she is new
woman. Her appetite is goud, her
spirits revived. She is as stout as
she was before she was taken sick
two years ago. She can eat anything,
and she to-day thinks S, 5. S. the
greatest medicine on earth. 1t has
simply lifted her from two years
sick bed, put flesh on her bones and
life in her heart,
Yours gratefully,
J, 7. BATS.
Columbia, Tenn, March 2, 'S7.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseas-
es mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,, Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
Er.--=zs-xr--E-'rrrE
EDITORS GAzETTE:
I desire to call the attentron of
Grenada's business men and the cit
izens in general, to the fact that the
North Mississippi Poultry and Pet
Stock Association have about decided
to hold their next exhibition of fine
poultry and pet stock in Grenada,
sometime next December, provided
the city will extend the usual cour-
tesy of furnishing the association
with q suitable hall for their exhibit.
This exhibition will be the only one
held in the State this season, and
will be largely attended by breeders
and fanciers from not only all parts
Of this State, but many from the adj
joining States, SO quite crowd may
be expected to remain here week.
| trust that our enterprising citizens
may take some steps at once towards
securing the hall, SO the association
may make their arrangements ac.
cordingly.
j. FLETCHER HURLEY,
Coorotorx,
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-28

We are authorized to announce ti.A
name of Hon. Jas. &. LpNns1REti aa
a candidate for re-eIsction to the Leg.
islature, from Grenada county, sub:
ject to the action Of the Democratic
party.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-05-28

We are authorized to announce the
nane of II. j. GORDON, SR., as a can
didate for Supervisor for Beat No. /,
at the ensuing election, subject to the
action of the Democratic party.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-12-01


for County,
poeon ONO NIB 8 Z
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
The Honesty of Women.
Harper's Bazaar.

Women are being employed more and
more as book keepers and cashiers, and
one avowed ground of this employment
is that they are more honest than men
Enthusiastically they are so up to this
time, and it is probable that they will
have some permanent advantage in that
way. Their moral instincts are some
what higher and their temptations less on
the side of perilous indulgesces. But it
has bean pointed out more than once by
the more cautious friends of women that
a. good deal of the present moral advan-
tages of that sex in matters of honesty
comes simply from inexperience. They
have hitherto had so little to do
with the direct handling of money that
they regard it with more reverence than
men: the bare thought of al iIregular1ty
alarms them, the conscience Is wholly
fresh and sensitive, they can not con-
ceiye how a person can wrong another
ont of dime and live. Moreover, they
overate the difficulties and perils conse-
ouent on wrong doing. A young book
keeper told me once that whenever her
&C ,ounts failed to balance, if it were only
bv single cent she felt as If police
man were Just coming IN at the door 1t
is as we find to be the case with lending
money-any prudent person would rather
lend it to a woman than to man, because
he knows that the chance of payment Is
greater. In the present state of society
a debt of S. seems tremendous affair to
a woman and very small affair to man;
but let that woman borrow and repay
few times and the fine edge of sensIbIi1ty
begins to wear of, precisely as 1t does
with man, but more slowly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23


A Jasper County Ia.) correspondent Of
the Prairie Farmer writes: My text for
these few remarks is found in the book of
Economy, first chapter and first verse,
and reads as follows: "Be ye therefore
careful of the little things, for whosoever
shall be careful of the little things shall
be rewarded with plenty" In these times
of drouth, low prices and close money, it
behooves US to stop all leaks and unneces-
sary outlets, and supply, if possible, in
let's, so that the reservoir of our finances
may be kept full. BY leaks 1 mean the
wasting of that which might be saved.
might mention few: When you threshed
this fall did you gather up the chat which
fell under the straw-carrier and save it,
instead of leaving it to rot after the first
rain? 1t makes the best of feed. Save
it, if there is not more than a wagon-bed
full. Did you cover the straw-stack with
slough hay? Unless you had a good
stacker, your stack will take wet, feed
will be lost, and your cattle may suffer.
Two loads of slough hay put on rightly
will save it.
Save your corn fodder, NOW all your
sloughs, save every particle of grass on
your farm. There are few farms where
enough does not GO to waste every year
to keep one or more cows. Look careful
ly and you will find plenty more leaks.
By outlets [ mean that which you can do
without. Stop tina. S25 or $50 tobacco
bill; don't live extravagantly or dress too
finely, nor run to town so much. Save
your money. Think, and you can find
hundred outlets. Put more thought into
your farm, plan years ahead, study your
plans, counsel with your wife, talk it over
with your children, read the agricultural
papers, keep your brain clear, and don't
worry. Finally, look carefully to the in
lets, and, above all, put your trust in
q kind Providence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Sorghum in England.

An English paper says: Sorgum Is.
saccharatum), as fodder crop especially
suitable to dairy COWS, is coming gradu.
ally but surely Into use in this country.
1t is superior to maize-which it so close
ly resembles until the lowering stage
takes place, that an ordinary observer
cannot tell the difference-in the proper
tions of ,albuminoids, carbon hydrates
and fat which it contains, and is, there
fore, a more valuable fodder crop, though
as its stem is smaller and it does not at
tain the full height Of giant maize, the
bulk Of its produce is somewhat less.
There is no difficulty in raising it on
well prepared land, and one of its ad-
vantages is that it may be grown after a
crop of vetches or trifollum has been
taken off the land. Indeed, as with
maize, the chief danger is in sowing 1T
too early. At Forest Hill, Messrs. Carter
& Co., have some sorghum over six feet
high, Just fit for cutting last week, which
was planted on the 1st of June, and Prof
LoHg grew good crop last year after
sowiN,y on the 9th of June. Thus the
crop makes its growth in so short a
period that there is no occasion to sub
nit it to the risk of damage from frost.
That it stands drought well is shown by
the height it has attained this season.
Stock are very fond of sorghum, which,
with about two pounds of cotton cake
per day, forms a perfect diet for COW.
The estringext properties of the cake
are useful as a corrective to the laxative
effect of the sorghum which contains a
large quantity of sugar. AS long ago as
1860 helcus saccharatus, as sorghum was
formerly and is still sometimes named,
was referred to in Morton's Handbook
of Dairying," as "a newly cultivated
grass likely to be serviceable in small and
household dairies late in the autumn"
but until lately it has never had fair
trial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

these plots have INSIDE tine growth for
One tap-root was traced nearly four feet
below the surface. In sandy soil they
have beea traced to depth of Is feet.
the land should be prepared as for clover
and 20 pounds of seeds TO the acre
sown.
Prof. Shelton says that at the Kansas
State Agricultural College lucerne makes
the earliest growth, with meadow oat
grass and Kentucky blue grass second
and third, and red clover and orchard
grass fourth and fifth in the order OF de-
velopement- 4 large proportion of those
who attempt to grow alfalfa will fail in
the first attempt. Let 1t be known that
1t must have old, rich and welldrainea
land to begin with, and the freer this is
from weeds the better. So says Prof.
shelton, and many others who raise
alfalfa corroborate the statement. He
further SAYS that for hay, If cut little
too late IN tbs season, the leaves fall off
IN handling, leaving the hard, woody
stalks, which are worthless. 1t must be
cut early and given plenty of field room:
but II, while IN the field, a rain happens
to fail, the alfalfa is reduced to the con-
dlt1on OF manure in a short time. For
early and late pasture alfalfa, he thinks,
has no rival among the so called grasses.
Prof. Beal, In his Incompatible Grass
es OF North America says that Alfalfa
was known and priced by the Greeks and
Remans 2,5OO years ago, and 1t was al
luced 70 by Columeilg as most valuable
plant for fodder. lucerne, he says, is
child of the sum- it likes rich loan or
sand, with deep, porous subscil; it utter
ly refuses to thrive on acompact clay sub
soil, or IN hard bottom of any kind.
While young it is weak plant and poor
fighter. 1t requires two years anyway to
become well rooted. 1t should be sown,
Prof. Boal says, after settled weather in
the spring. without another crop. He
| advises that we SOW in drills about s
| inches apart, and hoe and cultivate once
at least to keep the weeds in check. The
plant is perennial that on suitable soil
can be relied on to produce good crops
for many years in succession. 1t stands
dry weather admirably, and is very nutri-
tious. 1t is favorite for irrigated mead
ows and soiling, and is frequently cut
from three to eight times in the year,
yielding enormous crops of valuable fod-
der for all kinds of live stock. At the
Agricultural College, Lansing. Mich,
lucerne, when hoed and properly started
the first year, has not bel killed out dur
ing severe winters, while it beats every
thing to endure prolonged droughts. 1t
is not suitable to mix with clover as the
clover overtops it. Prof. Beal knows of
no attempt, however, in Michigan,
to establish NOW and feed crops of lu-
cerne.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
The John z. Lowell Arms Co.

1t is of the utmost Importance that parties who
are in want of good Gun, Rifle or Revolver, or,
in fact, anything in the sporting goods line,
should patronize reliable dealer i'll these goods,
whose reputation for honestly dealing with their
patrons is established.
Such is the reputation that has been enjoyed
by the John p. Lowell Arms Co, of Boston, Mass.
for the last forty years 1t is pleasure tC
purchase goods from this we'll known firm, fol
the purchaser is assured that when he receives
his goods that they will be found to be exactly
as represented in their extensive catalogues
which they issue for the convenience of customs
ers who reside at q distance, aud who cannot pay
them a visit to make personal selection
The John p. Lowell Arms Co, are extensive man.
ufacturers of Guns, Revolvers, Roller Skates. Pc
lice Goods, Air Rifles, etc, etc, which explains
why their prices are so much lower than those OF
their competitors who have to depend on other
manufacturers for their goods.
Special attention is called to an advertisement
in columns of a Colt Repeating Rifle,
which the Lowell Arms Company are Offering fol
sl0o This, as they state, is the greatest bargain
we have ever seen in this line Being manufac
tured by the celebrated Colt Revolver concern Of
Hartford Conn.,, a sufficient guarantee that til,
Rife is exactly what is claimed for it.
No one who is interested in sporting goods o.
any description should fail to secure n copy o
the catalogue issued by this firm. II consists o
100 pages, and is mailed free OF charge to any
address on receipt of cents in stamps. 1t Il
full of important information of interest to The
sportsman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT IT Is TO BE FORTY.
PHILADELPHIA TINES

To discover a sprinkle of gray in your beard,
And q thinness of crop where the upland Is
cleared;
To note how you take to your slippers and
And to hug to the fire when you get home from
All! that's what it is to be forty.
To find that your shadow has portlier grown
That your voice has q practical, businessilke
tone:
That your vision is tricky. which once was SO
BRIGHT,
And hint of a wrinkle is coming to Tsht-
All, that's what it is 10 be forty.
A sleigh ride. a party a dance or dine:
Why, OF course, you'll be present, you never de-
cline:
But alas there's no invite you're not young folks,
you see;
You're no longer q peach but crab apple
All. that's what it is to be forty.
4 daughter that grows like lily, queen,
And that blooms like rose In a garden OF
green,
Both a dude and duce, is to carry off soon:
And a boy that is ten, and the pride or your
eyes
Is caught smoking vile cigarettes on the sly
All, that's what il is to be forty.
At twenty man dreams of power and fame;
At thirty his fire has a soberer flame;
At forty his dreams asd his visions are DER;
And he knows and he feels as he be er Gid be
That man is a fool till he's forty.
All, wei young and we're old, and we're green
And the law of our living is change and decay;
Come, see the lone spot III the Valley of Tears,
Where your baby Is lying low in the cradle OF
When no longer on earth he is forty
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
How = Snake Saved a Ray

a Springfield, Ohio, telegram saws:
a Market square romancer in the shane
OF an Old colored msn, of this CITY.
ofeaks TIE record in the way of local
SNAKE stories His story is as follows:
NY htsie son has been begging all sum-
mer 20 take swim in Mad river, but We
nave been afraid tkat if we let hin, 60 he
would get into deep water ana Get
drowned. We therefore refused to let
him so IN every case. One day I went
down town to get a watermelon, and let
George stay at home. had hardly got
out of the koEse when he concluded TO
take French leave and go 20 the
river. He went TO the bank, and in 8
short time had uudreSssd and wsded into
the water. He enjoyed himself wsdinr
around IN the shallow water for a while.
out before long he became yenturesoroe,
and waded out toward the middle of the
river. Suddenly he reached a humping
on place IN the bottom of the river. and
IN minute more was battling with a
strong current in water Is feet deem. He
yelled with all his might, but no ona
heard him or came to his assistance. He
sank twice, and when he came up for the
second time he gave one despairiup
scream, and looked around for sometime
floating on the surface of the water by
which he could save himself.
"Just as he was going down for the
third time he looked up and saw long
black branch swaying down upon the
water. Just as the current swept him I'M
der the branch, he reached up with a
final effort and clutched it. What was
his horror to feel the Geld and Shiny tail
of snake in his hand. Desperation
made him hold on, however, and ne was
saved for the time being. 1t was huge
black snake which he had grabbed hold
of, and which had its body wrapped fast
around the limb of tree, which
bent low over the water in a
spot where the river bank is lined
with weeping willows, The boy kept
fast hold of the snake. In minute or
two the reptile thrust head into the boys
face and Missed at him in way that
made him shudder, but not let go. He
yelled with all his might, and party OF
fishermen hearing him, came to his as.
slstance and extended fishing pole to
him. He caught hold of it and in min
ute or two was safe on dry land, thank
full and badly scared boy. The fisher
men wanted to kill the snake, but The
boy begged so hard for the life of the
crestur. which had saved his life that de
siSted,o
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

because she saw thst he had ceased to love her.
ser Beauty had faded, her former high spirits
hs1 gwen place to a duh lsSsltuds. What had
caused this change, functional deranSemel.t:
she WAS suffering from those ailments peculiSr 10
her sex Ana 50 their two young lives drifte,i
apart, How needless, how cruell Had She taken
DR.. PleTce'S Favorite Prescription she might have
been restored TO health and happiness IL any
lady reader Of these lines is similarly afflicted,
ist her lose no time in procuring the "Eavorite
Prescription" 1t viii give her a new lease of
life, Sold by druggists under positive susras.-
tee from the manufacturers, of perfect SStiSfac-
tioG in every case, OF money refunded See guar,
antee on bottle wrapper,
When l was 81 years Of age, he said, 81
thought that il wasn't rich at 81 would be toe
otd 10 enjoy wealth.
How old are you nows"
Seventy
And rich, of courSe!"
No, I'm poor man yet; but I've got a scheme
IN view That VIII make me AS rich as mud before
and enjoy life.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
CONCERNING MARRIAGE.
Why 1t Is No Longer an Entirely One-Sidet
Bargain.
Pail Mall Gazette

Pail Mall Gazette.
Marriage is still only too often bar
gain, but at least it is no longer an en-
tirely one-sided bargain. 1t is tending
toward the only true ideal of lifelong
oompanionship-a partnership on equal
terms, with equal give.and take on both
sides. Women no longer feel bound to
render that implicit obedience which was
considered derigueur ia our great grand
mothers days, and men no longer univer-
sally demand it. Husbands, moreover,
are beginning to learn that their prime
duty is not so look after" their wives.
The very sentence is Indicative of the
most CHASTITY Misrepresentation of the
whole ideal of matrimony. The general
feeling of society condemns man VINO
lives to rule his wife on the same princi-
Piles as Pasha rulers his harem. And
indeed the whole scheme of modern life
makes iG practically impossible for him
to do so. A married woman enjoys, as a
rule, complete liberty during the lifelong
day, and even at night it is frequently
impossible for busy man to escort his
wife. Thus every thing turns on the re-
lations between the married couple. II
girl is really in love with the man she
marries, she may be trusted with any
amount of subsequent freedom. If, not;
and therefore we say that the injudi sious
and worldly parents who are responsible
for the great majority of ill-assorted
unions are also responsible for the many
evil results which are to be seen in society
at this day. For it is fact that rows of
English girls are as much forced into
marriage as the French girl, whose hus-
band is selected while she is yet in her
convent. Not by main force, no-but by
the whole tone of her education, by the
exaggerated fear of being an old maid,
the obvious necessity of making way for
a younger sister, by the persistent schem-
ing of her parents, and by her own long
ing for emancipation. For marriage I'M
doubtedly does mean emancipation to
most women; and it is precisely those
who look forward to it most who are like
~ to make the worst use of it,.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
Lueerne or Alfalfa.


This is botanically Medicago autiva, a
perennial clover, growing, according to
the soil. from L foot to feet high. The
Frepch nsue is Lucerne; alfalfa is the
Spanish name. Ten years ago plot of
ons-tenth of an acre was sewn with this
clover. 1t made a fine growth the first
season, but was accidently plowed up in
the fall. The Rural has, therefore, no
experience of its own to offer n regard to
this plant, which is now known to be of
the first value in many parts ot the
country. At the New York Experiment.
Station lucerne produces an abundance
of foliage, and il is hardly under tenn
perature of 15s below zero even in q cold
soil. 1t begins to grow vigorously as
early as mid-April, and early in July the
first cutting is made. One plot yielded
at the rate of ten tons per acre of green
fodder, another seven: The plants of
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

There is confined in the county Jail
here, says the Vicksburg Herald, small
negro boy not more than ten years of
age, namsd David Lunken, who came
here from Davis Bend, and has been ad-
judged insane. Little Davie, while per-
fectly harmless, sits in a corner of the
jail hall all day with hi. hands locked
around his knees, and rocks himself to
and fro from the moment he is allowed to
leave his cell until he lie replaced there by
his keepers. He never seems 10 tire, and
gazing straight befordshim with a wild,
idiotic look in his eye, he keeps up his
motions. This peculiar freak has been
watched by Jsiler Terrell, and never for a
moment does he lose his steady stroke. 1t
is accounted for as one of the freaks of
crazy people which, in this instance.
makes Davis guilty of perpetual mo-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
To be continued.
Fifteen Great Inventions.
New York Times.

New lork lines.
The fifteen great American inventions
of worldwide adoption are:
L. The cotton gin.
?. The planning machine.
). The grass mower and reaper.
1. The rotary printing press.
5. Navigation by steam.
6. The hot air engine.
T. The sewing machine.
s. The India rubber industry.
.. The machine manufacture of horse
shoes.
&c. The sand blast for carving.
IL. The gauge lathe.
u. The grain elevator.
Is. Artificial ice making On a large
scale.
IA. The electrical magnet and its prac-
teal application.
Is. The telephone.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
It's iiways tina Way

Didn't tell You so!" said a gentleman TO al
acquaintance whom he CHANGED to meet on the
street; its always the way" What's always
the way!" inquired a mutual friend of the two
men who happened along just then why, just
here, the last time met him he had one OF the
worst coughs you ever heard. He complained OF
loss of appetite, of night'sweats, of low spirits
of consumption. told him to get supply Of
DR.. pIerce's Golden Medical Discovery at once
lie did so, and look at him nowl Did you ever
see healthier looking mans The Discovery
has snatched thousands from consumptives
graves. knew it would cure Smith It's always
the Wayn
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23
He Forgot Himself.
Texas Sittings.

There was once judge noted, for ths
miIdn ass of his manners and the gentle
ness of his reproofs to the lawyers. vhe
sometimes addressed each other In lang
usge which could not be passed without
notice by the court
One day two lawyers who were pleading
case beyond the stage of bantering and
began to call each other names. One OF
them said:
"The attorney on the other side Is,
may it please your honor, not only the
ugliest but the stupidest lawyer In the
country"
"You forget yourself, you forget your
seIf.' said the judge, rapping gently WIZ
the gaveI.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

Fiancee (of hideous but fabulously
rich man)-3Have you been shavedf'
The man-"Yes.- Fiancee-sHavs plenty
The man-"No." Fiancee-sWeu, 20
can kiss my poodle them
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

One apology offered for the interstate com.
merce act was that it would prevent cheap
theatrical companies from travelling The act Is
not entitled to this credit, for the snide compan-
les are preparing to bruise around the country
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-09-23

"How to be happy, though married
Get along without hired girl.